California lawmakers hold informational hearing on AI training, copyright and transparency

Dec 8, 2025

Joint Senate and Assembly informational hearing gathered academics, industry and creatives to assess training-data transparency, enforcement limits under federal copyright, and technical tools vendors say can detect reused content; creators pressed for AB 412 and clearer disclosure mechanisms.

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Sacramento — Lawmakers from the California State Senate Judiciary Committee and the Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee convened an informational hearing at Stanford to gather evidence on how generative artificial intelligence is trained and whether creators should be entitled to notice, credit or compensation.

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